California Prosecutors Sue Over Rules That Could Free Thousands Of Inmates Early
LAPPL News Watch
May 27, 2021
Three-quarters
of California’s district attorneys sued the state Wednesday in an
attempt to block emergency rules that expand good conduct credits and
could eventually bring earlier releases for tens of thousands of
inmates.
The lawsuit objects on procedural grounds, arguing that
Corrections Secretary Kathleen Allison used the emergency declaration to
bypass the usual regulatory and public comment process.
The rules
affecting 76,000 inmates, most serving time for violent offenses, took
effect May 1, although it will be months or years until inmates
accumulate enough credits to significantly shorten their sentences.
Forty-four of the state’s 58 district attorneys brought the lawsuit,
which says the only stated emergency was the corrections department’s
desire to follow the “direction outlined in the Governor’s Budget
Summary” nearly a year earlier.
Plaintiffs included district attorneys
for Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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